Wiley Nickel

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Nickel ran in California's 12th State Senate district in 2006 against incumbent Republican Jeff Denham. He was called "a moderate Democrat" and the race was seen as potentially competitive. [2] During the primary election, he spent $250,000 on advertisements, mainly funded by personal loans. The ads, which mainly ran in the Sacramento media market, did not mention what district he was running in or his party affiliation. [12] He lost the general election to Denham, receiving 40.2% of the vote to Denham's 59.8%. [13]

Law

Nickel was a criminal defense attorney, having opened his law practice in Cary [14] [15] in 2011.

North Carolina Senate

Elections

2018

Nickel was first elected to represent the 16th senate district with over 65% of the vote on November 6, 2018. [16] His seat was one of six seats Democrats picked up to break the Republican supermajority in the North Carolina General Assembly. [17] [18] [19]

2020

Nickel ran for reelection in 2020. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary [16] and defeated Republican nominee Will Marsh with 65.6% of the vote. [20] He was endorsed by The News & Observer . [21]

Tenure

Nickel's official North Carolina Senate portrait WileyNickel.jpeg
Nickel's official North Carolina Senate portrait

2019–20 session

Nickel was appointed to the Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources Committee, the Pensions/Retirement/Aging Committee and the Education/Higher Education Appropriations Committee on January 18, 2019. [22] He co-sponsored a bill to restore master's degree and doctoral degree pay for teachers in North Carolina. [23]

Nickel co-sponsored Senate Bill 209, which would increase the scope and punishment of hate crimes and require the SBI to maintain and create a hate crimes statistics database. He spoke about SB 209 during a candlelight vigil at the Islamic Center of Cary to remember the New Zealand terror attack victims. [24]

2021–22 session

Nickel served on the Redistricting and Elections Committee, the Judiciary Committee, the Pensions/Retirement/Aging Committee, and the Appropriations on General Government/Information Technology Committee in the state senate. [25]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2022

Nickel ran for Congress in North Carolina's newly drawn 13th congressional district. The district covers southern Wake County, all of Johnston County, and parts of Wayne and Harnett Counties. Nickel won the Democratic nomination. [26]

The Carolina Journal wrote that Nickel ran "as a moderate despite a fairly left-wing voting record". [27]

Nickel was endorsed by The Network for Public Education Fund, [28] [29] the North Carolina Association of Educators, [30] NARAL Pro-Choice America, [31] Communication Workers of America, [32] the North Carolina State AFL-CIO, [33] [34] the National Association of Social Workers, [35] Human Rights Campaign, [36] [37] Everytown for Gun Safety, [38] the League of Conservation Voters, [39] the Voter Protection Project, [40] [41] the Sierra Club, [42] Equality North Carolina, [43] the North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans, [44] North Carolina Asian Americans Together in Action, [45] and Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics of North Carolina. [35]

Nickel defeated Bo Hines, the Republican nominee, in the November 8 general election. [4]

Caucus memberships

Committee assignments

Political positions

Nickel with political advocate and actress Thora Birch in 2023 Thora Birch & Wiley Nickel in Congress.jpg
Nickel with political advocate and actress Thora Birch in 2023

Nickel supports abortion rights [50] [51] and codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law. [52]

Nickel voted against a resolution to condemn attacks against crisis pregnancy centers, anti-abortion individuals, and churches. [53]

Electoral history

2006

Wiley Nickel
Rep. Wiley Nickel, 118th Congress (1).jpg
Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from North Carolina's 13th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
2006 California State Senate election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeff Denham (incumbent) 92,879 59.8
Democratic Wiley Nickel62,53940.2
Total votes155,418 100.0
Republican hold

2018

2018 North Carolina Senate, District 16 Democratic primary [54]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Wiley Nickel 8,585 55.48%
Democratic Luis Toledo6,89044.52%
Total votes15,445 100.00%
2018 North Carolina Senate, District 16 general election [55]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Wiley Nickel 63,335 65.28%
Republican Paul Smith30,30831.24%
Libertarian Brian Irving3,3823.49%
Total votes97,025 100.00%
Democratic hold

2020

2020 North Carolina Senate, District 16 general election [55]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Wiley Nickel 80,530 65.65%
Republican Paul Smith42,14434.35%
Total votes122,674 100.00%
Democratic hold

2022

2022 Democratic primary in North Carolina's 13th congressional district [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Wiley Nickel 22,974 51.68%
Democratic Sam Searcy 10,21022.97%
Democratic Jamie Campbell Bowles4,1759.39%
Democratic Nathan Click3,8138.58%
Democratic Denton Lee3,2857.39%
Total votes44,457 100.00%
2022 North Carolina's 13th congressional district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Wiley Nickel 143,090 51.06%
Republican Bo Hines 134,25648.04%
Write-in
Total votes100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

Personal life

Born in California, Nickel moved to North Carolina in 2009. [57] He lives in Cary with his wife, Caroline, and their two children. Nickel is a second cousin of conservative commentator Tucker Carlson. [58]

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